Top Tips for Choosing Safe Toys this Holiday

Dec. 02, 2015

No one chooses gifts with the intent to harm, but some popular children’s toys can cause serious injuries. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, nearly 252,000 toy-related injuries were treated in emergency rooms in 2014, and and almost half of these injuries affect the head or face. In fact, about 1 in 10 children's eye injuries treated in the ER trace back to toys. Unfortunately, most of these injuries happen to children under age 15.

You're very unlikely to catch herpes from sharing a virtual reality (VR) headset. However, you could get pink eye as easily from VR glasses as you can from a doorknob, railing or handshake - if you touch your face after handling a contaminated headset.

Keratoconus treatment options are limited and can be risky. Also, people with keratoconus cannot wear contact lenses for an extended time. Researchers in The Netherlands decided to address these issues.